Rebekah

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moon our bestieWHAT IS THE MOON?The moon is our closest neighbor in space.It has large mountains, plains and valleys.The moon is about 238,000 miles away from Earth.The moon is about one quarter size of the Earth.The moon is about 383,024 kilometers away from Earth.THE MOON PHASESIT TAKES THE MOON ABOUT ONE MONTH TO CIRCLE THE EARTH.When we can't see the moon, or we are looking at the dark side, we call it a new moon.When the moon has moved ,we can start to seea little bit of the lighted side of the moon. This is called a crescent moon.About a week after the new moon, we see about one-fourth of the moon. This is called a first-quarter moon.The moon appears to get thinner and thinner.Soon it is a crescent moon again.A few days later, we cannot see the moon at all.It is once again a new moon.what is the moon like?Like the surface of the Earth,the surface of the moonis varied.The moon has many cratersThe tallest mountainon the moon is almost as tall as Mount Everest, Earths tallestmountain.The Tycho crater on the moon is covered with even bigger craters.BY: REBEKAHWHY DO WE STUDY THE MOON?NASA plans to send a small spacecraft to the moon in 2009 to look for landing to look for landing spots for future landing manned missions.The president of the United States has said that humans will again travel to the moon by 2020.A European space craft is already orbiting the moon.THANKS FOR WATCHING MY PREZI!